The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-16
A WONDERFUL MAN,

Sixteen of Ills Sons Served In tho Union
| .D#1srS Army. '4s.
| Whom western Pennsylvania was the
frontier and tho Indian fighter was the
most important aud Indispensable person
in the settlements, says q Pittsburgh letter
to the New York Sun, Charles BrangoH
was one Of the best and most daring Of
all the active foes Of tho red men. At
the age OF years, in 17G4, he was cap.
tured by the Indians, who killed his father
at the same time. This was OH the banks
oil the Ohio river. For twelve years the
boy was kept among the eavsges, but he
dlsliked them, and escaped when he was
10 years old. He found n white settlement,
and learned to talk hia native language.
From that time on he gave his life 10 kill
INK Indians. II H. .l.lis.
In 1850, when the Indians were getting
scarce, Charles Brandon married q young
woman named Mary Meyers. She bore
him two children and died. He then
married Fannis Susher. She bore him
eighteen children, and died 10 1880. Bran
don was then nearly 70 years old. When
he WIS five years older he married Sarah
Baker, who wss only lG. She was the
youngest OF. sixteen children. She lived
with him twenty.one years, bearing him
in the meantime fifteen children. Then
she got divorce from him, he being 06
The separation from his xlfe broke his
heart, and although he was at the time as
agil, strong and active ss he was when he
was married, he pinned away aud died the
same year the divorce was obtained. He
then had thir.y.thres living children. ia
His divorced widow, has had the care Of
all Of them, and she raised all that were
young enough to need raising. Brandon
had besn the father Of 50 children, but
Two died, one child by bis first vito and
the othar one OF the is his second wife,
had borne him. Tho divorced vile moved
10 Moundsviile, West Virginia, and most
OF the 50 children went with her. Among
them we're two Johns aud two Charleses
One OF the Johns aud one OF the Chsrleses
vera the third wits's children. There
was o James who was old enough to 80 to
the Mexican var, where he WAS
wounded in the neck. When tho war
OF the rebellion broke out the two johns,
the two Charleseu, Sim, .Evaua, Peter,
Josephus, Hiram, Jsmes, Van Burep,
Jacob, Abraham, Alexander, David, An
drew, and Reese, o. the sons, enlisted in
the Union army, all in Ohio and Virginia
regiments. The third Mrs. Brandon's
John and Charles were taken prieoner at
ChickcmGuga. They were both put in
anderaonviIle pricon. John died in nine
mouths; Charles was there tTepty-one
uonths and escaped. Peter was Killed at
Shiloh while bis regiment, the Seventy.
second Ohio, was making 3 charge. All
the other sons ssrYed through the war and
came home. .a.i5. 5t7, -.
The third ,wiie 81 tbs remarkable old
fudian killer, and Elother and step-mott,-
or Of his remarkable family, still lives at
Moundsville. Sho il seventy years old.
Until three months ago sho was in des-
.ltute circumstances. Then Bho got
pension and 81 500 as her claim agains,
the Government. She is six feet in
height, IS straight 90 an arrow, as strong
As man, and eScelling nins ont oil every
ten men in power OF endurance. Only a
few days ago-one Of the hottest-she
walked to st. C!airsyille, twenty miles,
IN five hours, and back again in the same
time. She ta. only one eye. The other
ono was shot out about thirty years ago
ny one 81 the second .wife's boys. She
had occasion to correct him. He got his
bow and arrow and nhos her, putting GU,
ner eye. This remarkable woman knows
the whereabouts OF only nine OF the
tbirty.three children. They live near
her. !<s5{55 5s--..
"Bnt, takin' them an their children,
an' their children'c children, there most
be nigh to u thousan' on 'em by this
.ime.h 2s, ,gir ,tl.